Over 400 Natural Resources Canada jobs at risk, union says
Jean Bérubé, a forest pathologist at NRCan who is also a union rep for 3,000 federal research scientists, said he was informed his position is being eliminated.
The federal government’s cuts to the public service feel similar to those occurring south of the border under the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, he said.
“It's as if Canada is aligning themselves with what's happening in the United States — cutting programs related to energy efficiency, greenhouse gases, climate change,” Bérubé said.
Bérubé said when he started his career, there were 15 forest pathologists working east of the Rockies, and by the time he leaves, it will have been reduced to one.